Wow, how amazing is this woven card from Jessica!? I’ve seen lots of sewing and stitching on cards but nothing like this loom she created with a die from Ellen Hutson. By using wool roving and chunky yarn she created … Read More ...
Underwater Mermaid Cards
Caryn used new products from Avery Elle to create a couple of sweet Underwater Mermaid Cards. For the backgrounds she created her own stencil with a wave die, adding color over top with ink blending and ink sprays. She colored … Read More ...
Funny Birthday Fairy Card
I love this funny birthday card from Lynn, I’m sure many of us wouldn’t mind a fairy to come along and magically make us 29th again! 🙂 She used metallic watercolors for lots of shimmer and shine for the background … Read More ...
Embossed Card with Spot Blending
By now I’m sure most stampers are familiar with the popular technique of ink blending, adding color to cardstock with a blending tool 
and ink pad so it’s fun to see someone put a bit of a spin on it. … Read More ...
Masking Detailed Card Scenes
Sandy Allnock is amazing at putting together detailed stamped scenes. One way to create complicated layered designs is with masking, using a low tack sticker paper to cover images while stamping others over top. Sandy has lots of tips and … Read More ...
Create Card Bands with Punches
Some cards like pop up and gatefold styles might require a little help in keeping closed and a removable band around the center that slips off is the perfect option. It’s also just a nice way to add extra embellishment … Read More ...
Foiled Sunset Card
Foiling adds such a wonderful metallic shimmer and shine to cards and I’ve seen and used it myself for digital stamps, sentiments and accents but I’ve never seen it used quite like this. Verity has used gold foil for the … Read More ...
Easter Card with Ink Lifting
Amanda used an ink lifting technique for this lovely Easter Card. She inked her panel with blues and greens, heat embossed the bunny in gold then used just clear water inside the bunny image to remove some of the color. … Read More ...
Spring Flowers Mini Slimline Cards
Emily used the same floral stamp from Taylored Expressions for these two beautiful Spring Mini Slimline Cards. She stamped it on one of the cards horizontally, on the other she stamped just the top a few times vertically, getting two … Read More ...
Turn About Stamps Card
Concord and 9th Turn About Stamps help you create amazing colorful backgrounds, images and patterns for your cards. Their latest kit includes inks, stamps, dies, adhesive, a template and directions to create some beautiful floral cards. Jessica is sharing everything … Read More ...
Koala Mini Slimline Card
Nina-Marie has a great tip for getting more from your stamps. She “stretched” this fun Koala tea cup stamp by using the tea cup portion of the stamp twice, stacking them up for an even taller image. She filled the … Read More ...
Coloring on Kraft Cardstock
Elaine used stamps from Stamping Bella for this sweet card, using Prismacolor Colored Pencils to color in her image onto Kraft Cardstock. I love this technique because the pencil colors really pop on the kraft paper. She’s sharing a coloring … Read More ...
4 Ideas for Stitching Dies
I love the look of sewing on paper crafts, I used to really be into cross stitch so added sewing or stitching on a card really appeals to me. Ellen Hutson has several dies that have small holes so you … Read More ...
Create Card Patterns with Washi Tape
Washi tape is a decorative way to adhere items to your cards, scrapbook, journal and planner pages but this tape can also be used to create patterns and dimension as well. If you’re not familiar with it Washi Tape
is … Read More ...
Birthday Candles Card
I love the pops of color of the candles over the kraft cardstock based on this fun and festive Slimline Birthday Card. Michele has a great tip for using a background die to emboss rather then cut for a terrific … Read More ...